Merkel Defends Delivery of Weapons to Kurds Fighting Islamic State

Germany Can't 'Simply Stand Aside,' Says German Chancellor

BERLIN—Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended Germany's decision to supply weapons to forces fighting militants in northern Iraq amid concern that the arms could end up in the wrong hands.

She said Germany can't stand aside and watch a "genocide" take place, and must help those fighting the radical Sunni group that calls itself the Islamic State. German weapons would be delivered to the semiautonomous Kurdish Regional...